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In today's Codera Analytics post, Jacques Quass de Vos measures the frequency of different political topics in SA & international news articles. While loadshedding has been getting much less coverage, BEE and land reform are back in the news. codera.co.za/what-topics-ar…

OECD estimates of potential growth, which have declined dramatically over the last two decades, driven by a decline in the contribution of the capital stock and labour efficiency to growth. See post for more: codera.co.za/drivers-of-pot…

DAAN STEENKAMP: Time to reform Reserve Bank governance businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/202…

Today's Codera Analytics post by Oliver Guest estimates FX hedge ratios for selected major currencies. Read the full post: codera.co.za/fx-hedge-ratio…

Today's Codera Analytics post by Jacques Quass De Vos shows that the ANC is mentioned in news stories at about double the rate as the DA. Mentions of the parties are down compared to when the GNU was constituted. codera.co.za/sa-political-p…

Today's Codera Analytics post by Johandielangman shows that most South African patents are in human necessities (including agricultural, foodstuffs, domestic articles and health-related patents), chemistry and metallurgy. codera.co.za/south-african-…

In today’s Codera Analytics post, Tashen Naidoo highlights how this marks a stark reversal from the pre-pandemic period, when the country consistently attracted robust portfolio inflows. codera.co.za/sa-net-portfol…

Today's Codera Analytics post by Oliver Guest estimates FX hedge ratios for selected ZAR crosses & shows that beta (or sensitivity of forward rate changes to spot rate changes) increases with time to maturity. Read the full post: codera.co.za/zar-hedge-rati…

Today's Codera Analytics post by Gabriella Neilon shows that the yield on South Africa’s foreign liabilities has consistently exceeded the yield on its foreign assets by a wide margin. Read the post for more: codera.co.za/return-on-sas-…

Given the discussion about the size of the informal economy in South Africa, it is worth pointing out our summaries of what official data imply about the size of the informal economy in SA: codera.co.za/formal-vs-info… or codera.co.za/informal-vs-fo… Aidan J. Horn

In today's Codera Analytics post by Johandielangman we assess what AirBnB owners could do to boost the rent they can charge. The biggest impact comes from a property having a pool, BBQ area, patio/balcony and backyard (grouped under 'Building'). codera.co.za/what-should-ai…

Today's Codera Analytics post by Aidan J. Horn shows that while the official unemployment rate in SA is 32.9%, it would be 23.5% if one considers subsistence farmers and scholars & homemakers as employed & the entire population is used in the calculation codera.co.za/sas-narrower-u…

In today's post I repost my Business Day article with extensive links, arguing that more oversight and accountability mechanisms would strengthen the foundation for the South African Reserve Bank's mandate and public trust. codera.co.za/time-to-reform…

Today's Codera Analytics post shows that South African tertiary graduation rates are low by international standards. Undergraduate degree and doctoral degree pass rates have generally been around 15%. codera.co.za/tertiary-gradu…

Manufacturing's contribution to output has fallen over the long term in major BRICS economies, including China. codera.co.za/share-of-manuf…

Today's Codera Analytics post by Jacques Quass De Vos summarizes the frequency of mentions of the Government of National Unity and minor parties in newspapers in South Africa. codera.co.za/gnu-in-the-med…

In today's Codera Analytics post, Aidan J. Horn summarises insights from Stats SA's QLFS about the SA labour market at industry level drawing on a backdate of the QLFS. Read the full post here: codera.co.za/employment-by-…

In today's Codera Analytics post by Gabriella Neilon provides simple estimates of investment multipliers for different forms of investment in SA. See the post for all the charts and links: codera.co.za/investment-mul…

Today's Codera Analytics post by Oliver Guest provides a summary of the drivers of headline and core inflation in SA. Housing and utilities have been the largest contributing division, while fuel prices declines have helped to pull down headline inflation. codera.co.za/drivers-of-hea…

Today's Codera Analytics post by Aidan J. Horn compares house price developments across metros in SA compared to CPI and owners' equivalent rents. Cape Town is the only metro that has experienced meaningful real increases in property prices since 2010. codera.co.za/residential-pr…